One man tried to dig a little by using a post hole digger without calling utility locating service which is required to do before you do any digging. And what you see on these pictures is a result of his digging. He actually hit an underground cross county gas pipe…P.S. I don’t know what happened to this guy but by looking on the photos there’s only one conclusion that comes to mind…

typically the pipe trench is 10' deep, leaving 7-8' of cover depending on size of pipe. hard to tell from the pics how deep this one was, plus it might not have been marked properly--- no matter what, CALL before you dig!!!!! this guy was literally blown away, they never found him, just bits & pieces of the tractor